Hypertext Webster Gateway: "torta"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Torta \Tor"ta\, n. [Cf. Sp. torta a cake.] (Metal.)
a flat heap of moist, crushed silver ore, prepared for the
patio process.
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